linux/kernel
Christian Brauner 9d9539db86 pidfs: remove config option
As Linus suggested this enables pidfs unconditionally. A key property to
retain is the ability to compare pidfds by inode number (cf. [1]).
That's extremely helpful just as comparing namespace file descriptors by
inode number is. They are used in a variety of scenarios where they need
to be compared, e.g., when receiving a pidfd via SO_PEERPIDFD from a
socket to trivially authenticate a the sender and various other
use-cases.

For 64bit systems this is pretty trivial to do. For 32bit it's slightly
more annoying as we discussed but we simply add a dumb ida based
allocator that gets used on 32bit. This gives the same guarantees about
inode numbers on 64bit without any overflow risk. Practically, we'll
never run into overflow issues because we're constrained by the number
of processes that can exist on 32bit and by the number of open files
that can exist on a 32bit system. On 64bit none of this matters and
things are very simple.

If 32bit also needs the uniqueness guarantee they can simply parse the
contents of /proc/<pid>/fd/<nr>. The uniqueness guarantees have a
variety of use-cases. One of the most obvious ones is that they will
make pidfiles (or "pidfdfiles", I guess) reliable as the unique
identifier can be placed into there that won't be reycled. Also a
frequent request.

Note, I took the chance and simplified path_from_stashed() even further.
Instead of passing the inode number explicitly to path_from_stashed() we
let the filesystem handle that internally. So path_from_stashed() ends
up even simpler than it is now. This is also a good solution allowing
the cleanup code to be clean and consistent between 32bit and 64bit. The
cleanup path in prepare_anon_dentry() is also switched around so we put
the inode before the dentry allocation. This means we only have to call
the cleanup handler for the filesystem's inode data once and can rely
->evict_inode() otherwise.

Aside from having to have a bit of extra code for 32bit it actually ends
up a nice cleanup for path_from_stashed() imho.

Tested on both 32 and 64bit including error injection.

Link: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/31713 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240312-dingo-sehnlich-b3ecc35c6de7@brauner
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2024-03-13 12:53:53 -07:00
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bpf for-netdev 2024-03-11 18:06:04 -07:00
cgroup Networking changes for 6.9. 2024-03-12 17:44:08 -07:00
configs Networking changes for 6.9. 2024-03-12 17:44:08 -07:00
debug kdb: Fix a potential buffer overflow in kdb_local() 2024-01-17 17:19:06 +00:00
dma dma-direct: Leak pages on dma_set_decrypted() failure 2024-02-28 05:31:38 -08:00
entry entry: Move syscall_enter_from_user_mode() to header file 2023-12-21 23:12:18 +01:00
events bpf: move sleepable flag from bpf_prog_aux to bpf_prog 2024-03-11 16:41:25 -07:00
futex futex: Prevent the reuse of stale pi_state 2024-01-19 12:58:17 +01:00
gcov gcov: annotate struct gcov_iterator with __counted_by 2023-10-18 14:43:22 -07:00
irq Updates for the MSI interrupt subsystem and RISC-V initial MSI support: 2024-03-11 14:03:03 -07:00
kcsan mm: delete checks for xor_unlock_is_negative_byte() 2023-10-18 14:34:17 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Fix missing newline character in klp_resolve_symbols() 2023-09-20 11:24:18 +02:00
locking locking/rtmutex: Use try_cmpxchg_relaxed() in mark_rt_mutex_waiters() 2024-03-01 13:02:05 +01:00
module module: Don't ignore errors from set_memory_XX() 2024-02-16 11:30:43 -08:00
power Power management updates for 6.9-rc1 2024-03-13 11:40:06 -07:00
printk printk changes for 6.9 2024-03-12 20:54:50 -07:00
rcu Merge branches 'rcu-doc.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-nocb.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-exp.2024.02.14a', 'rcu-tasks.2024.02.26a' and 'rcu-misc.2024.02.14a' into rcu.2024.02.26a 2024-02-26 17:37:25 -08:00
sched Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
time Core x86 changes for v6.9: 2024-03-11 19:53:15 -07:00
trace Networking changes for 6.9. 2024-03-12 17:44:08 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c fs: rename __mnt_{want,drop}_write*() helpers 2023-09-11 15:05:50 +02:00
async.c async: Use a dedicated unbound workqueue with raised min_active 2024-02-09 11:13:59 -10:00
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
audit_watch.c audit: don't WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm) in audit_exe_compare() 2023-11-14 17:34:27 -05:00
audit.c audit: use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create() 2024-01-25 10:12:22 -05:00
audit.h audit: correct audit_filter_inodes() definition 2023-07-21 12:17:25 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: remove unnecessary assignment in audit_dupe_lsm_field() 2024-01-25 09:59:27 -05:00
auditsc.c audit,io_uring: io_uring openat triggers audit reference count underflow 2023-10-13 18:34:46 +02:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: Convert from tasklet to BH workqueue 2024-02-05 13:22:34 -10:00
bounds.c
capability.c lsm: constify the 'target' parameter in security_capget() 2023-08-08 16:48:47 -04:00
cfi.c
compat.c sched_getaffinity: don't assume 'cpumask_size()' is fully initialized 2023-03-14 19:32:38 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Fix kerneldoc headers for __ct_user_{enter,exit}() 2024-02-14 07:53:50 -08:00
cpu_pm.c cpuidle, cpu_pm: Remove RCU fiddling from cpu_pm_{enter,exit}() 2023-01-13 11:48:15 +01:00
cpu.c Rework of APIC enumeration and topology evaluation: 2024-03-11 15:45:55 -07:00
crash_core.c kernel/crash_core.c: make __crash_hotplug_lock static 2024-01-12 15:20:47 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: Use KMEM_CACHE() instead of kmem_cache_create() 2024-02-23 17:33:31 -05:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from IRQ/SOFTIRQ 2023-04-18 16:39:34 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c vfs-6.9.pidfd 2024-03-11 10:21:06 -07:00
exit.h exit: add internal include file with helpers 2023-09-21 12:03:50 -06:00
extable.c
fail_function.c kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() 2023-02-08 13:36:22 +01:00
fork.c RCU pull request for v6.9 2024-03-11 12:02:50 -07:00
freezer.c Linux 6.7-rc6 2023-12-23 15:52:13 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh Revert "kheaders: substituting --sort in archive creation" 2023-05-28 16:20:21 +09:00
groups.c groups: Convert group_info.usage to refcount_t 2023-09-29 11:28:39 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: set some hung_task.c variables storage-class-specifier to static 2023-04-08 13:45:37 -07:00
iomem.c kernel/iomem.c: remove __weak ioremap_cache helper 2023-08-21 13:37:28 -07:00
irq_work.c trace: Add trace_ipi_send_cpu() 2023-03-24 11:01:29 +01:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms_internal.h
kallsyms_selftest.c Modules changes for v6.6-rc1 2023-08-29 17:32:32 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Change func signature for cleanup_symbol_name() 2023-08-25 15:00:36 -07:00
kcmp.c file: convert to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2023-10-19 11:02:48 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec kexec: select CRYPTO from KEXEC_FILE instead of depending on it 2023-12-20 13:46:19 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: add prototypes for helper functions 2023-06-09 17:44:17 -07:00
kexec_core.c kexec: do syscore_shutdown() in kernel_kexec 2024-01-12 15:20:47 -08:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: fix incorrect temp_start value in locate_mem_hole_top_down() 2023-12-29 12:22:25 -08:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c kernel: kexec: copy user-array safely 2023-10-09 16:59:47 +10:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Use array declaration instead of char 2023-03-24 20:10:59 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unnecessary initial values of variables 2024-02-08 23:29:29 +09:00
ksyms_common.c kallsyms: make kallsyms_show_value() as generic function 2023-06-08 12:27:20 -07:00
ksysfs.c crash: hotplug support for kexec_load() 2023-08-24 16:25:14 -07:00
kthread.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 2023-12-20 19:26:30 -05:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c notifiers: add tracepoints to the notifiers infrastructure 2023-04-08 13:45:38 -07:00
nsproxy.c pidfd: add pidfs 2024-03-01 12:23:37 +01:00
numa.c kernel/numa.c: Move logging out of numa.h 2023-12-20 19:26:30 -05:00
padata.c padata: Fix refcnt handling in padata_free_shell() 2023-10-27 18:04:24 +08:00
panic.c panic: Flush kernel log buffer at the end 2024-02-07 17:23:19 +01:00
params.c params: Fix multi-line comment style 2023-12-01 09:51:44 -08:00
pid_namespace.c wait: Remove uapi header file from main header file 2023-12-20 19:26:31 -05:00
pid_sysctl.h memfd: replace ratcheting feature from vm.memfd_noexec with hierarchy 2023-08-21 13:37:59 -07:00
pid.c pidfs: remove config option 2024-03-13 12:53:53 -07:00
profile.c
ptrace.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 2024-01-09 11:46:20 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c Thermal control updates for 6.8-rc1 2024-01-09 16:20:17 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c kernel: relay: remove relay_file_splice_read dead code, doesn't work 2023-12-29 12:22:27 -08:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c Quite a lot of kexec work this time around. Many singleton patches in 2024-01-09 11:46:20 -08:00
rseq.c rseq: Extend struct rseq with per-memory-map concurrency ID 2022-12-27 12:52:12 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Pause testing after memory-allocation failure 2023-07-14 15:02:57 -07:00
scs.c
seccomp.c file: remove __receive_fd() 2023-12-12 14:24:14 +01:00
signal.c pidfd: allow to override signal scope in pidfd_send_signal() 2024-02-21 09:46:08 +01:00
smp.c CSD lock commits for v6.7 2023-10-30 17:56:53 -10:00
smpboot.c kthread: add kthread_stop_put 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c workqueue: Drain BH work items on hot-unplugged CPUs 2024-02-29 11:51:24 -10:00
stackleak.c stackleak: allow to specify arch specific stackleak poison function 2023-04-20 11:36:35 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: fix kernel-doc typo 2023-12-29 12:22:29 -08:00
static_call_inline.c
static_call.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c lsm/stable-6.8 PR 20240105 2024-01-09 12:57:46 -08:00
sys.c getrusage: use sig->stats_lock rather than lock_task_sighand() 2024-02-07 21:20:32 -08:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c asm-generic updates for v6.7 2023-11-01 15:28:33 -10:00
task_work.c task_work: add kerneldoc annotation for 'data' argument 2023-09-19 13:21:32 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fill_stats_for_tgid: use for_each_thread() 2023-10-04 10:41:57 -07:00
torture.c torture: Print out torture module parameters 2023-09-24 17:24:01 +02:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event 2023-02-18 14:34:36 -05:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c sysctl: Add size to register_sysctl 2023-08-15 15:26:17 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c sysctl: fix unused proc_cap_handler() function warning 2023-06-29 15:19:43 -07:00
up.c smp: Change function signatures to use call_single_data_t 2023-09-13 14:59:24 +02:00
user_namespace.c mnt_idmapping: decouple from namespaces 2023-11-28 14:08:47 +01:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts 2023-10-11 08:46:01 -07:00
usermode_driver.c
utsname_sysctl.c utsname: simplify one-level sysctl registration for uts_kern_table 2023-04-13 11:49:35 -07:00
utsname.c
vhost_task.c vhost: Fix worker hangs due to missed wake up calls 2023-06-08 15:43:09 -04:00
watch_queue.c watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order 2023-12-21 13:17:54 +01:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: move SMP barriers from common code to buddy code 2023-06-19 16:25:28 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/perf: add a weak function for an arch to detect if perf can use NMIs 2023-06-09 17:44:21 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: if panicking and we dumped everything, don't re-enable dumping 2023-12-29 12:22:30 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Drop the special locking rule for worker->flags and worker_pool->flags 2023-08-07 15:57:22 -10:00
workqueue.c A large set of updates and features for timers and timekeeping: 2024-03-11 14:38:26 -07:00